Art: Minicam

In 1913 an enthusiastic German photographer
named Oskar Barnack designed for his own use a camera small
enough to slip easily into a pocket, yet as accurate as any hulking
news camera made. It used cinema film. Nothing happened till the
War was over, then manufacture started under the trade name of Leica.
Since then Photographer Barnack's pocket camera has become one of the
best known precision cameras in the world. With the special lenses
that have been ground to fit in, the Leica (and approximately six
similar miniature cameras of rival manufacturers)...